NCAA Tournament March Madness

#37 SMU

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Projected seed: 6

SMU’s resume is built around a signature home victory over North Carolina and a neutral-site win over Texas A&M plus an important road triumph at Mississippi State, which show it can beat quality opponents in different settings. Those high points are offset by damaging losses at Duke and Clemson, a lopsided defeat at Vanderbilt and a home setback to Virginia that leave the profile vulnerable in the committee’s eyes. With meaningful conference dates still to come, including matchups with Louisville, a home date with NC State and road chances at Pittsburgh and on the West Coast at California and Stanford, the Mustangs have clear opportunities to add the kind of road or neutral wins that matter. If they clean up inconsistent league results and secure a few signature wins away from home, the strong moments already on the ledger will justify their current standing.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Tarleton St182W96-76
11/6TAM C. Christi185W69-58
11/11Murray St90W102-91
11/15Butler60W87-85
11/18Ark Pine Bluff312W106-60
11/21Arkansas St159W100-69
11/24Radford257W89-72
11/28@Mississippi St83W87-81
12/3@Vanderbilt12L88-69
12/7(N)Texas A&M33W93-80
12/13(N)LSU50L89-77
12/21Cent Arkansas184W99-82
12/28CS Fullerton186W110-63
1/3North Carolina28W97-83
1/7@Clemson29L74-70
1/10@Duke3L82-75
1/14Virginia Tech55W77-76
1/17Virginia16L72-68
1/20@Wake Forest74W91-79
1/24Florida St101W83-80
1/31@Louisville1927%
2/3NC State2454%
2/7@Pittsburgh10068%
2/10Notre Dame7981%
2/14@Syracuse7760%
2/17Louisville1948%
2/21Boston College14592%
2/25@California6656%
2/28@Stanford8162%
3/4Miami FL3862%
3/7@Florida St10169%